[shim.mer] vb shim.mered ; shim.mer.ing [ME schimeren, fr. OE scimerian; akin to OE scinan to shine--more at shine] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light: glimmer
2: to reflect a wavering sometimes distorted visual image ~ vt: to cause to shimmer syn see flash
[2]shimmer n (1821) 1: a light that shimmers: subdued sparkle or sheen: glimmer
2: a wavering sometimes distorted visual image usu. resulting from heat-induced changes in atmospheric refraction -- shim.mery adj